this means...

did i go turu it so diligently?
or did i abuse it?

electronic dictionaries have repalaced paper ones, i feel a bit sentimenal.

election's result

now we have a young female mayor and a female governer,
which is quite unusual in japan.
speaking of election

went to vote

election for the mayor.
voter turnont was 43 percent, with 30 minutes left.

a theme song for 'The wind rises'

'The wind rises', animated in 2013 by Hayao Miyazaki.
the theme song 'vapor trail' came out in 1973 and written/sung by a Japanese big artist, Matsutoya Yumi.

New Year's decoration

a pair of kadomatsu
is usulally put away after January 7.
these are sitting too long.

today's ume, the plum

surely growing out of the pot

New Year's cards

sea horses are used in cards as well as dragons,
don't they look like cubs of dragons...

starting to bloom

New Year's special chopstick bags

an auspicious design

at the bottom of the bags, plum flowers are embossed.

gone in twe days

better than we thought.

happy new year

bought osechi, a package of traditional New Year's food for the first time,
instead of peparing ourseleves.